Burner.



J'. 1. MESSERLI.

BURNER. APPLlcA'loN FILED MAYIB. 1915.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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JOHN J. MESSERLI, or KINGsvILLE, "TExAs, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF To FRED r.

' MILLE@ or' KINGsvILLE, TEXAS.

. BURNER.

To all @t hom it may concern Be it known thatI, JOHN J. Masseria, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kingsville, in the county ofKleberg and State ofV Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to improvements in burners.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofburners and to provide a simple, Y. practical and comparativelyvinexpensiveburner of strong and durable constructiondesigned for use incoal and wood stoves `and adaptedto be readily applied to and removed4from the same and capable of burningall'kinds of liquid f uel withsafety.

A furtherV object of the invention is to provide a burner of thischaracter adapted to furnish a hot blue blaze without soot or smoke andcapable of obtaining a maximum amount of heat at the expenditure of aminimum amount of fuel'.

Vithy these and other objects inview the invention consists in theconstruction `and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointedout in the Yclaims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may beresortedto without departing from the spirit or sacrieing any of the ad#vantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan viewV of a burner constructed inaccordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the same, Figj is a transverse sectional view, Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail horizontal sectional view illustrating the arrangement of thevalvesfor controlling the supply of fuel to the burner and to thestarting tube or supplementalburner, Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewillustrating the construction of the filter casing.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalviews of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 18, 1915. Sera1No.28,949.

invention, 1 designates a cylindrical casing constructed of cast metalor other suitable material and provided at the top with a plurality oftransverse slots 2 located at the front and rear portions of the casingat suitable intervals. The casing is designed to be mounted within thefire box of a wood orcoal stove and the slots are located below andadjacent to the lids of the stove so that the gas which is ignited atthe slots as hereinafter fully explained is adapted to intensely heatthe' stove. The front andfrearA series of transverse slots-are spacedapart and the casing is provided at the space between the series ofslotswith a row of perforations 3 and short grooves 4 extending laterallyVfrom the perforations. The gas ignites at the perforations which producea line of flame for connecting the flames at the front and rear portionsof the casing. The cylindrical casing is provided with front and rearheads 5 and 6 which are preferably in the form of caps as shown and therear head is provided with a central socket 7 receiving and supporting areduced closed end 8 of a longitudinal mixing tube 9 extending into thecasing from the front thereof through an open ing 10 in the front cap 5as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The mixing tube 9 which isopen at its outer or front end 11 is also provided thereat withperforations 12 and it is equipped with a longitudinal series ofdepending jet tubes 13 which discharge the gas downwardly against thelower portion of the casing and the sides of the cylindrical casingcausethe gas to flow upwardly to the transverse slots and theperforations. In order to maintain the depending jet tubes in arelatively cool condition the cylindrical casing is equipped withlongitudinal air tubes 14 piercing the ends of heads of the casing andopen exteriorly thereof for the passage of air through the said tubes 14which are imperforate and do not permit the passage of air to theinterior of the casing. Y

Fuel is supplied to the burner through a feed tube 15 consisting ofhollow wire and provided at the front with a controlling valve 16 andconnected at the rear end with one end of a transverse filter 17 whichextends across the rear end of the casing and communicates at its otherend with a generating tube 18. The filter 17 which is provided with aplug 19 to afford access to its interior is designed to be provided withany suitable filtering material such asV fine Wire for catching the dirtto prevent thesame from passing to the burner. The generating tube isconnected at its front end with valves and 2l for controlling the supplyof fuel to the burner and to an auxiliary burner'or starting tube 22located at one side of the generating tube and adapted to heat the samein starting the burner. The auxiliary burner Which is provided atintervals with transverse slots for the ignitionl of gas has air inletopenings 24 at its front portion. The valve 2l which has a threadedadjustment at 25 may be of any desired construction andA it permits theiow of the `liquid fuel into the tube 22 and as it burns it heats thetube 22 and the generating tube 18. As

soon as the generating tube is heated sufficiently to form gas to startthe burner the valve 21 is cut off or closed. The'valve 21 is providedwith a tube 26 extending into the auxiliary burner or starting tube andVreceivlng the stem 27 which carries aV ta-v pered plug 28 but any othersuitable type of valve may be used. The valve 20 is of the needle typeand the vaporized fuelV discharged into the open end of the mixing tube9 commingles with the air vand thoroughly mixes with the same both inthe tube 9 and while passing through the depending jet apertures andupwardly to the slots or apertures Where it is ignited. The valve 20 issupported by a projecting bracket or plate 29 extending from the openend of the tube 9 and provided with a perforation 30 receiving aprojection or lug 3l of the valve 20. Y

A suitable drip pan 32 is located beneath the casing to catch anydriprof the fuel and the tubes and the auxiliary burner or starting tubeare supported by suitable lbraces 33 extending upwardly from the drippan and secured to the same and to the tubes 15, 18 and 22. Thecylindrical casing is seated in the drip pan and in practice the valveswill be located exteriorly of the adjacent wall of the stove, it beingdesigned to provide a wal] or portion to take the place of the usualstove door where the burner is inserted. Also in practice it is designedto connect a plurality of the burners with a tank or reservoir locatedexteriorly of a building and any suitable pressure such as air or waterpressure may be employed for forcing the fuel through the pipes to theburners to be supplied. The device is applicable to various types ofstoves and when it is removed from the same the stoves Ymay'l be usedfor the burning of Wood or coal. Various kinds of liquid fuel may beused in therburner` without danger and with perfect safety whether theoils are mixed or What is claimed is:

l. A burner of the class described including a cylindrical mixingchamber provided at the top with transverse slotslocated at the frontand rearvportions of the casing, said casing being also provided betweenthe series of slots with apertures arranged at intervals, a mixing tubeVextending into the casing andfprovided with jet tubes extendingdownwardly and means .for controlling the supply ofA fuel to the mixingtube.

2. A burner ofthe classdescribed including a casing forming a mixingchamber and provided at the top with apertures', a supply tube loeatedatone sideof the casing and extending along the same, ay generator tubeextending longitudinally offthe opposite side of the casingandcommunicating at one end with the feed tube orfsupply tube, inner andouter valvesA connected with'the other end of the generator tube,the-inner valve being arranged to supply the'casing with fuel and asupplemental burner tube connected with theother valve and extendingalong the generator tube, said auxiliary burner tube being provided at`intervals with transverseislots located in the upper portion otherwise.

of the said auxiliary burner tube.

3. A burner of the class described including a casing forming a mixingchamber and provided at the top with apertures, a feed tube located Vatone side of the casing, a generator tube located at the opposite sideofthe casing and communicating atY one end with they feed tube, a lmixingtube extending into the Vcasing and open at its outer end, a bracketrorbrace Yprojecting from the open end of the said mixing tube and a valveconc nected with the generator tube and interlocked with the bracket orbrace, said valve being arranged to discharge into the mixing tube. i Y.y

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of vtwo Witnesses.-r n Y JOHN TJ. MESSERLI.

l/Vitnesses: 1

R. A. POWELL, E. B. DILLON.

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